US2288858A - Coin slide - Google Patents

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ly 7. 1942 WA. TRATSCH j 2,288,858

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Patented July 7, 1942 COIN SLIDE Walter A. Tratsch, Chicago, IH.

Original application June 7, 1937, Serial No. 146,836. Divided and this application February 9, 1939, Serial No. 255,367

2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in coincontrolled devices and has as its principal object the provision of an auxiliary coin display and testing attachment for use with coin slides, this application being a division of my pending application, Serial No. 146,836 and bearin Patent No. 2,233,653.

Viewed from another aspect, the invention provides an improved device in the nature of an attachment adapted for cooperation with the reciprocable slide type of coin testing device and which attachment is arranged to display coins, deposited in the coin slide, in serial alignment where they may be examined by the proprietor of the machine, the attachment being further provided with testing means effective to reject certain coin elements which may have escaped the testing mechanism of the coin slide and which may have escaped observation of the proprietor while on display in the chute.

Other objects and advantages of the invention reside in certain details of construction, as well as the functional arrangement of the various parts of the illustrative embodiment described hereinafter in conjunction with the annexed .1

drawing, in which:

Fig. l is a top plan view of a coin slide employing the novel display chute;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan View of the device of Fi 1;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary vertical section through the coin-feeding mechanism of the display chute, as seen in the direction of line 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective of the feeding or intake end of the display chute; while Fig. 5 is a fragmentary vertical section through the coin slide and display chute at the feeding end of the latter, as viewed along line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

In general the novel coin slide combination includes, as viewed in Fig. 1, a main frame in the form of a horizontally extended casting having a vertically extending mounting plate or Wall I2 dividing the frame into a front or depositing section I3 and a rear section I 4 and in which mounting plate is slidably mounted a main coin slide I5 having a coin aperture I6 and a viewing apertur I'I spaced therefrom, the former being situated close to the front or left-hand extremity of the slide and being normally disposed in registration with a coin deposit opening I8 in the front section I3 of the main frame. Formed in the bottom Wall of the front section I3 is an aperture I6 serving as an outlet aperture for the discharge of any coin or token which might be deposited through the aperture I8 when the coin slide I5 is moved to its full stroke position whereby upon retraction of the slide I5 this coin or token will be ejected through the opening I6. Operating mechanism including a push bar or actuating slide I9 is provided to reciprocate the slid I5 so as to move a coin, deposited through the deposit opening I8 into the slide pocket I6, beneath the mounting plate I2 and past certain fraudpreventive dogs IO-TI toward a discharge opening 20 (Fig. 3) formed in the rear section I4 of the main frame and situated below the normal position of the innermost or right hand coinviewing aperture I! in the slide I5.:' Secured to the main frame so as to extend therefrom in a lateral, direction is an additional testing and coin handlingmeans in the form of a discharge chute 22 provided with mechanism, operable by actuation of the slide I5, for moving coins in step by step fashion toward the discharge end of the chute.

As viewed in Figs. 2 and 3, the push .bar I9 includes a pair of spaced push rods 23 and 23 joined at one end by the push bar I9 and at their opposite or inner end by a cross bar 24 suitably secured to the inner ends of the rods. The spaced rods 23 and 23 are slidable in the lower portion I2 of the vertical mounting plate or wall I2 and also in staggered lugs 25 depending from the inner body of the frame. A coil spring 26, anchored at one end 21 to the frame and attached at its opposite end 28 to the cross bar 24, normall urges the push her actuating member I9 into its normal position, as viewed in Figs. 1 and 2.

t its rearward end, the main coin slide I5 is rigidly connected to the push rod structure I9 by means of an angled extension 29 of the cross bar 24 which is secured to the slide by the pin means 3U.- I

Slidably mounted below the rear extension I4 of the main frame is a reciprocable auxiliary slide 39 (Figs. 3, 4, 5) having a coin discharge opening 39 through which a coin moving into the discharge opening 20 may descend onto the floor of a discharge chute 42 later to be described in detail.

The auxiliary slide 39 has a depending lug 43 to which is attached one end of a spring 44 anchored on an ear 45 attached to the discharge chute 42 (Figs. 2 and 3) whereby the auxiliary slide is normally urged toward the left and into a normal position as seen in Fig. 3 wherein the opening 39 thereof is in register with the sight opening IT in slide I5. 7

However, when the coin slide I5 is moved into its full stroke position, the auxiliary slide is moved therewith so that a portion 39 blocks the discharge opening in the frame and serves to hold a coin 38 therein until the main coin slide is returned to normal position. This is accomplished by means of a pin 45 which projects upwardly from the rear of the auxiliary slide 39 in to the rearward extension 4! of the longitudinal slot 4! in the main slide [5, there being a shoulder formation 4'! (Fig. 1) at one side of this slot or channel which bears against the pin 45 when the slide I5 is moved inwardly a predetermined distance, so that thereafter the main slide and the auxiliary slide move together for the remainder of the stroke.

Slidably mounted on the floor of the discharge chute casting 42 (Fig. 4) is a coin-feeding cam pawl 43 pivotally connected as at 49 (see also Fig. 3) to the auxiliary slide 39 for movement with the latter. This feeding pawl 48 has an irregular cam slot 55 formed therein and in which is received an upstanding pin 5| on the floor of the chute 42 and which pin is effective, when the pawl is moved back and forth with the auxiliary slide 39, to pivot the pawl back and forth about the pivotal point 49 so as to cause the nose portion 52 of the pawl to sweep back and forth from the dotted line to the full line position illustrated in Fig. 4 for the purpose of sweeping or pushing a coin 38 lying on the floor of the chute 42, onto which it has been previously discharged from the discharge opening in the main frame, toward and past a plurality of presser fingers in the form of springs 53 attached to the floor of the discharge chute 42 and protruding into the chute through bottom wall openings 54.

The chute 42 generally indicated at 22 in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 includes the main frame, above referred to, which is adapted to be removably attached to the bottom of the main guide frame by screws or other suitable means 55. This bottom member of the discharge chute is preferably formed by die casting and has an elongated coin channel 56 formed therein which communicates with an enlarged head portion in which the presser fingers 53 are situated. At the opposite end 5? of the discharge chute, the coin channel 56 is open so that coins may pass from the latter into any desired receptacle (not shown). Intermediate the end 5? and the head portion of the chute is an elongated drop-out opening 58 through which coins of less than a predetermined diameter are intended to pass for rejection.

Referrin to Figs. 1 and 2, it will be seen that there is provided a U-shaped presser member 59 having its opposite side arms 65 seated in slots formed in the side wall portion of the discharge chute 22, the ends 6! of these arm portions being bent back toward one another to prevent the disengagement of the presser from the slots. Between the inner surface of the presser 59 and the opposite wall portion of the chute body is a spring 62 which normally tends to project the main body of the presser into the channel portion 55 of the discharge chute and. slightly beyond the edge of the drop-out opening 58; thus proper coins or tokens will be carried over the drop-out opening 58 by the suspension of the coin in yieldable pressing engagement with the presser bar 59 and the opposite wall of the chute passage, while improper coins or token of less than a determined diameter will drop directly through the opening 58.

It will be apparent that a plurality of coins 38 will collect in the chute 22 between the discharge end 51 and the head portion thereof and that as each coin 38 drops onto the floor of the discharge chute the pawl nose 52 will move the coin into the chute proper, each subsequently deposited coin engaging the one previously deposited and serving to move the latter along in step by step fashion. There is further provided a cover plate 63 for the discharge chute 22 which is attached to the latter by means of screws 54. This plate has an elongated openin through which the coins distributed in the discharge chute may be viewed.

Operation In operation, a patron deposits a coin in the opening [8 of the frame and into the coin aperture I6 in the main slide l 5, the operating member I9 at this time being in the normal position shown in Fig. 1, due to the action of the spring 25. With the coin thus deposited in the slide, the patron pushes the member l9 inwardly and causes the slide l5 to move correspondingly so that the deposited coin is carried beneath the several testing devices IQ-Tl, etc., and if the coin is an acceptable one, the slide l5 may be moved its full inward stroke to deposit the coin in the discharge opening 20 to rest on the now advanced portion 39 of the auxiliary slide 39.

Since the main coin slide I5 is at the limit of its inward movement at this time, the auxiliary slide 39 will likewise be at the limit of its inward movement, as seen in part in Fig. 4, so that the recently deposited coin will be prevented from dropping onto the floor of the chute 42 of the discharge chute 22 until the main slide, and consequently the auxiliary slide, starts back toward normal position, at which time the feeding pawl 48 will be cammed, by action of the pin 5| in the slotted portions 50 of the pawl, into the dotted line position shown in Fig. 4 substantially prior to the time the auxiliary slide releases the coin in the discharge opening 20, the coin 38 thereafter dropping onto the floor of the chute 42 in front of the nose of the pawl in a position to be moved by the latter upon subsequent operation of the main coin slide.

Thus, it will appear that the coin last deposited will remain in the position of the coin 38 in Fig. 4 beneath the discharge opening 25 through which it may be viewed by the proprietor in accordance with the usual arrangement of this type of device, and those coins preceding the last coin will have been moved by action of the pawl fully into the discharge chute 22 where they may be viewed through the elongated display opening 65 in the cover plate 63. As coins are subsequently deposited, the previously deposited coins in the discharge chute will be moved along step by step past the testing means 58- 59 toward the discharge end 5'! and into a receptacle (not shown) Having thus illustrated my invention by describing in detail a preferred embodiment and arrangement of parts in realizing the several objects heretofore recited, it is to be understood that all equivalent constructions, modifications, and variations of the foregoing particularly described structure are intended to be embraced by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

l. A device of the class described, comprising a frame including a discharge coin chute, a main coin slide supported for reciprocation on the frame and having a coin aperture adapted to receive a coin and transmit the same for deposit into said chute, a discharge opening formed in said frame and adapted to receive coins from said coin aperture when the main slide is moved to full stroke position, an auxiliary coin slide supported for reciprocation on said frame and having a coin receiving aperture normally disposed to permit passage of coins from said discharge opening to a point there-below, said auxiliary coin slide having a portion adapted to block passage of a coin from said discharge opening when the auxiliary slide is moved toward full stroke position, means operatively connecting the auxiliary coin slde with the main coin slide for reciprocation therewith at a predetermined time to move said coin blocking portion into blocking position as aforesaid, means for feeding coins to said discharge chute, said means comprising a bottom for said discharge opening in sai frame and communicating with said discharge chute, a coin sweep disposed on said bottom to receive coins passing through said coin receiving aperture, means pivotally connecting said coin sweep to said auxiliary coin slide for movement therewith, cam means on said coin sweep and means on said frame engageable by said cam means whereby when said auxiliary coin slide is reciprocated in response to the movement of the main coin slide said cam sweep will operate to move a previously deposited coin toward said discharge chute.

2. A device of the class described comprising a frame including a discharge coin chute for viewing coins already deposited, a main coin slide supported for reciprocation on the frame and havinga coin aperture adapted to normally receive a coin and to transmit the same to a predetermined point within said frame, a discharge opening formed at said predetermined point on said frame and adapted to receive coins from said coin aperture, a sight opening formed in said main coin slide through which coins may be viewed in said discharge opening, an auxiliary coin slide supported for reciprocation on said frame and having a coin passage aperture normally disposed to permit coins to pass from said discharge opening to a point therebeneath, said auxiliary coin slide having a coin blocking portion adapted to support a coin in said discharge opening when the latter receives a coin from said coin aperture as aforesaid, means operatively connecting the auxiliary coin slide with the main coin slide at a time prior to the arrival of said coin aperture at said predetermined point, means for feeding coins from said discharge opening to said discharge chute, said means comprising a shelf forming the bottom of said discharge opening and communicating the latter with said discharge chute, a coin moving means arranged for swinging movement adjacent said shelf and having an end portion adapted to swin beneath said discharge opening, a cam-way formed in said coin moving means, means on said frame disposed in said cam-way and means pivotally connecting said coin moving means to said auxiliary coin slide for movement therewith whereby when said main coin slide is reciprocated said coin moving means will be cammed to swing across said discharge chute.

WALTER A. TRATSCH.

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